Entrance For Shopping Center In Cooper City Ok`d By County

August 28, 1985|By Lori Crouch, Staff Writer

COOPER CITY — The proposed Timberlake Shopping Plaza at the corner of Griffin Road and the future route of Pine Island Road can build a road leading to an east entrance, according to Broward County engineers, said city planning consultant Richard Rubin.

The developer of the six-acre proposed shopping center, Development East Corp., has submitted its site plan for final approval to city staff, which requested written approval of the road`s specification from the county.

Controversy arose over the proposed shopping center at the end of June, when the developer proposed building an entrance on Southwest 87th Avenue, one of the two entrances into the Timberlake neighborhood. Residents protested at a July 2 meeting that the entrance would increase the traffic into their residential neighborhood.

One shopping center entrance has been proposed for Griffin Road, and City Council members recommended placing the second entrance on the east side of the center, instead of the west side on Southwest 87th Avenue.

Development East officials agreed to build a road on the east side of the center, if the county approved it.

``There is no problem with it as long as it meets county specifications,`` Rubin said.

The developer will have to build two left turn lanes from Griffin into the shopping center in order for its final site plan to be approved, Rubin said.

Development East also had started its grading prematurely two weeks ago, said City Manager Chris Farrell. The developer was given permission to clear the land, but it went further by also beginning grading operations and installed a construction trailer.

When the city ordered the developer to stop, the trailer was removed, Farrell said.